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re: DAT: 2017 Houston Astros Spring Training Thread
Posted on 2/23/17 at 1:45 pm to dabigfella
Posted on 2/23/17 at 1:45 pm to dabigfella
I expect Fiers to be in the rotation unless he totally bombs spring training..so I'll try to be cautiously optimistic on him. He had been a pretty good pitcher up until last year
2012: 3.74 ERA in 127.2IP 9.5 K/9
2014: 2.13 ERA in 71.2IP 9.5 K/9
2015: 3.69 ERA in 180.1IP 9.0 K/9
In 2016, his K/9 dropped to 7.2. I'm not sure what caused that. If it was a drop in velocity or just bad luck. But because of that drop in strikeouts, the BAA him was .280, whereas it had been somewhere around .250 in previous seasons. If he can find his strikeout pitch again, I'd expect a solid year from him. If he cant, I'm sure he'll be on a short leash this year with Musgrove waiting to fill in.
2012: 3.74 ERA in 127.2IP 9.5 K/9
2014: 2.13 ERA in 71.2IP 9.5 K/9
2015: 3.69 ERA in 180.1IP 9.0 K/9
In 2016, his K/9 dropped to 7.2. I'm not sure what caused that. If it was a drop in velocity or just bad luck. But because of that drop in strikeouts, the BAA him was .280, whereas it had been somewhere around .250 in previous seasons. If he can find his strikeout pitch again, I'd expect a solid year from him. If he cant, I'm sure he'll be on a short leash this year with Musgrove waiting to fill in.
This post was edited on 2/23/17 at 1:50 pm
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Posted on 2/23/17 at 1:49 pm to Prominentwon
Springer also LOOKS really bad when he's off for an extended period of time. Poor at bats, wild swings, poor baserunning, etc...
The final numbers usually look pretty good though. And his defense is always great.
The final numbers usually look pretty good though. And his defense is always great.
This post was edited on 2/23/17 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 2/23/17 at 3:01 pm to TXGunslinger10
Might want to add this to your Spring Schedule OP.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 6:42 pm to Floating Change Up
We leave for Disney on Saturday and we have tickets for their Sunday game against the braves. Super pumped
Posted on 2/23/17 at 7:25 pm to dabigfella
I disagree. For my lead off guy the only thing I care about is obp. If he has a .400 obp with 200k and a different guy has .298 with 40k and a weak contact rate does that make him better? Of course not. Lead off hitter is all about finding a guy who can score from first on a double, steal the occasional bag, and get on base at a high percentage. To me at least.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 8:16 pm to iamAG
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iamAG
Preach
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steal the occasional bag
Not sure why but George sucked at this last year. Hopefully he's figured out his lead & jump to do better this season
Posted on 2/23/17 at 8:35 pm to ahunt1905
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We leave for Disney on Saturday and we have tickets for their Sunday game against the braves. Super pumped
Going Sunday as well!
Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:08 pm to Warheel
I'll be the guy in the Bagwell HOF shirt
Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:16 pm to iamAG
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I disagree. For my lead off guy the only thing I care about is obp. If he has a .400 obp with 200k and a different guy has .298 with 40k and a weak contact rate does that make him better? Of course not. Lead off hitter is all about finding a guy who can score from first on a double, steal the occasional bag, and get on base at a high percentage. To me at least.
George has a great obp but the 180k means alot of times we might need to move someone over, get a sac fly run, whatever and he doesn't do it. You have to be able to put the ball in play man, again I posted the list of the top 10 strikeout guys in the majors, none of them bat in the top 3 of their lineups much less leadoff. Bregman was on pace for 150 k's too even though he's a very good hitter. It's just not going to be good to have nearly 400 k's from your 1-2 combo no matter how good they are. Again its something they can work on, shorten their swings later in counts.
This post was edited on 2/23/17 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 2/23/17 at 9:24 pm to dabigfella
I think you are stretching, but I do see your point.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 10:01 pm to Warheel
Got a good feeling about our spring training chances this year baws.
Posted on 2/23/17 at 10:26 pm to ahunt1905
I'll be in 115 with an Astros shirt on.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 4:57 pm to Warheel
Luhnow interview just now:
Yuri Escobar will have chance to play 1B on everyday basis or at least vs LH batters. Also depends on Reed/Singleton "competition" (
)
We were in on Sale but weren't going to give up Bergman and farm.
Correa took the team and minor leaguers to dinner last night. Noted that it's been cliques going out together in the past, but that this is Correa's team now.
Pitching is good enough to win. Expectation is World Series.
Luhnow believes in Sipp. Says he was pitching around the zone with success 2 seasons ago and was laying them over the plate most of last year. He got better towards the end.
Innes blows at interviews and can now change the dial.
Yuri Escobar will have chance to play 1B on everyday basis or at least vs LH batters. Also depends on Reed/Singleton "competition" (
) We were in on Sale but weren't going to give up Bergman and farm.
Correa took the team and minor leaguers to dinner last night. Noted that it's been cliques going out together in the past, but that this is Correa's team now.
Pitching is good enough to win. Expectation is World Series.
Luhnow believes in Sipp. Says he was pitching around the zone with success 2 seasons ago and was laying them over the plate most of last year. He got better towards the end.
Innes blows at interviews and can now change the dial.
Posted on 2/24/17 at 6:08 pm to List Eater
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Yuri Escobar will have chance to play 1B on everyday basis or at least vs LH batters. Also depends on Reed/Singleton "competition" ( )
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We were in on Sale but weren't going to give up Bergman and farm.
quote:
Correa took the team and minor leaguers to dinner last night. Noted that it's been cliques going out together in the past, but that this is Correa's team now.
quote:
Pitching is good enough to win. Expectation is World Series.
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Luhnow believes in Sipp. Says he was pitching around the zone with success 2 seasons ago and was laying them over the plate most of last year. He got better towards the end.
Posted on 2/25/17 at 8:11 am to Floating Change Up
It's game day beaches.
Posted on 2/25/17 at 8:41 am to iamAG
Peacock starts his Cy Young campaign today?
Posted on 2/25/17 at 11:46 am to Floating Change Up
Hi all Astros fans from Lakeland. Beautiful day for baseball
Today's batting order
Aoki
Kemp
Bregman
White
Reed
Hernandez
Marisnick
Stassi
Brignac
Peacock
Sorry I didn't get the positikns
Today's batting order
Aoki
Kemp
Bregman
White
Reed
Hernandez
Marisnick
Stassi
Brignac
Peacock
Sorry I didn't get the positikns
Posted on 2/25/17 at 12:07 pm to Warheel
Mikie Mahtook batting 5 hole for Detroit for all you Astro Tiger fans out there 
Looks like our everyday regulars won't be playing til Monday or prob Tuesday
Looks like our everyday regulars won't be playing til Monday or prob Tuesday
Posted on 2/25/17 at 12:10 pm to 5 Deep
Interesting that Detroit is having all their stars play right off the bat
Miggy, Vmart, Kinsler, Upton all in the starting lineup with Verlander starting. I wonder what makes a manager decide how to ease his players back into things. World baseball classic may have something to do with it as well...
Miggy, Vmart, Kinsler, Upton all in the starting lineup with Verlander starting. I wonder what makes a manager decide how to ease his players back into things. World baseball classic may have something to do with it as well...
Posted on 2/25/17 at 12:49 pm to 5 Deep
Different managers are taking different approaches to ST this year because of the WBC.
Hinch said that his goal is to get the WBC participants enough work in before they go, but not too much too soon.
Hinch said that his goal is to get the WBC participants enough work in before they go, but not too much too soon.
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